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Why, when Elon is mentioned in a bad light is his birthplace always mentioned by the British media. As if the reader is too stupid to grasp that an individual can become disagreeable all by themselves. Why bring South Africa into this article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45551895 and not this one about space and the future. It hurts tourism which is very important for GDP there.

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Googling for 'Musk "south africa born"' (https://www.google.com/search?q=musk+"south+africa+born") seems to have articles on both sides of the argument (including one calling him the real life tony stark).

I'm no defender of the British press but I think its reasonable to mention his place of birth. Have a look at the reporting around this article, "Japanese billionaire..." is mentioned by almost every news source, Richard Branson is referred to as British Billionaire by overseas press, so perhaps you want Musk to be described as South African billionaire but that would t be accurate and calling him a US billionaire, while correct is not the most accurate way to describe his nationality. So they mention that he was born in South Africa and most people can then work out the rest, I will US based but is an immigrant from South Africa.

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